Still No Word on 'Alphas;' Don't Hold Your Breath for a 'Leverage' Movie – Scripted Cable Renew/Cancel Status Through January 11, 2012

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Though it looked like we would hear something on the fate of Alphasby the time this was posted, looks were deceiving. UpdateJanuary 16: Alphashas been cancelled.

As of this writing The Killingis also still not officially resurrected for a third season despite any reports to the contrary that you may have read. But the production team has been mobilizing in preparation for an official pick-up from AMC. I’d hoped we might here something officially official (whether a renewal announcement or an official denial of it) at the TCA press tour rather the same old speculation about AMC and Netflix co-financing a third season, but not so far.Update January 15: It’s official: The Killing is back for a third season of 12 episodes.

Unsurprisingly, Leverageproducer Dean Devlin is still shopping around in hopes of finding a new home for the show and wouldn’t be opposed to doing a featured film version of the show. That is pretty standard post-cancellation talk. Less common: Leveragedid win the favorite cable drama in this year’s People’s Choice awards, the first time that’s happened with a cable show according to Deadline.

Changes This Week:

I’d already added the December batch of renewals to the last update, so there’s nothing new on that score though the officially official renewal announcement for USA’s Necessary Roughnesscame out earlier in the week.

I tried to get all the changes to “current/last” season straightened out for the crop of shows that have begun airing again. Though tomorrow (Sunday 1/13) season premieres of the HBO & Showtime shows hasn’t happened yet as of this writing, I updated their statuses as if they had.

If I missed anything and you find errors or omissions (excluding unscripted shows, kids shows or shows that have not aired yet) please note them in the comments and I’ll update the table.

Notes:

Kids shows and Adult Swim shows are not on the list below

I’ve seen some squawking about shows on the list below that are owned/created by networks/studios outside of the United States. For purposes of this list, which focuses on U.S. cable networks, I’m only focused on where the shows air here in U.S.

Shows from overseas like Downton Abbey & Sherlock that air on PBS in the U.S. are not in the list below (PBS is not a cable network), though ITV has renewed Downton Abbey for a 4th season in the UK which will ultimately air in the states.

Despite some current inconsistencies in the table below, I do not intend to track episode orders or return dates specifically in this table at this time. The primary goal of the table is: what’s been renewed, what’s been canceled, and what shows fates haven’t been decided yet.

Yes, I know there will be a Doctor Whostill has the remainder of season 7 to air and that there will be an anniversary episode, but as far as an 8th season goes, there’s still no official announcement.

Last Updated January 15, 2013

Most of the shows on the list have statuses – if there isn’t a status that just means there has been no announcement at the time of the most recent update (see date at top of post and/or above the table below).

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Show

Network

Current / Last Season

Status

Breakout Kings

A&E

2

Canceled after 2nd season

Glades, The

A&E

3

Renewed for a 4th season

Longmire

A&E

1

Renewed for a 2nd season

Baby Daddy

ABCFAM

1

Renewed for a 2nd season

Bunheads

ABCFAM

1

Jane by Design

ABCFAM

1

Cancelled after 1st season

Lying Game, The

ABCFAM

2

Melissa & Joey

ABCFAM

2

Renewed for a 3rd season

Pretty Little Liars

ABCFAM

3

Renewed for a 4th season

Secret Life of the American Teenager

ABCFAM

5

Upcoming 2nd half of 5th season will be its last

Switched at Birth

ABCFAM

2

Breaking Bad

AMC

5

Ending after 5th season

Hell on Wheels

AMC

2

Renewed for a 10 episode 3rd Season

Mad Men

AMC

5

Renewed for a 6th season

The Killing

AMC

2

Renewed for a 12 episode 3rd season

The Walking Dead

AMC

3

Renewed for a 4th Season

Bedlam

BBCA

2

Being Human

BBCA

4

Renewed for a 6 Episode 5th Season

Copper

BBCA

1

Renewed for a 2nd season

Doctor Who

BBCA

7

Luther

BBCA

2

Renewed for 4 Episode 3rd Season

The Hour

BBCA

2

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Game, The

BET

5

Renewed for a 6th season

Let’s Stay Together

BET

2

Renewed for a 3rd Season

Reed Between the Lines

BET

1

Renewed for a 2nd Season

Futurama

CMDY

7

Second half of 26 episode S7 still to air in 2013

South Park

CMDY

16

Renewed through 20th season (2016)

Workaholics

CMDY

3

Renewed for 13 episode 4th & 5th Seasons

American Horror Story

FX

2

Renewed for a 13 hour third season

Anger Management

FX

1

Renewed for 90 additional episodes (100 total)

Archer

FX

3

Renewed for a 4th season

It’s Always Sunny…

FX

8

Renewedfor a 9th season

Justified

FX

4

League, The

FX

4

Renewed for a 13 episode 5th season

Louie

FX

3

Renewed for a 4th season but will not return until 2014

Sons of Anarchy

FX

5

Renewed for a 6th season

Unsupervised

FX

1

Cancelled according to Glenn Howerton

Wilfred

FX

2

Renewed for a 3rd Season

tvbythenumbers.com

Boardwalk Empire

HBO

3

Renewed for a 4th season

Bored to Death

HBO

3

Canceled after 3rd season

Curb Your Enthusiasm

HBO

8

Unknown. “It’s always up to Larry,” says HBO

Eastbound & Down

HBO

3

Renewed for a 4th season

Enlightened

HBO

2

Game of Thrones

HBO

2

Renewed for a 10 episode 3rd Season

Girls

HBO

2

How to Make it in America

HBO

2

Canceled after 2nd season

Hung

HBO

3

Canceled after 3rd season

Newsroom

HBO

1

Renewed for a 2nd season

Treme

HBO

3

Renewed for 5 episode 4th and final season

True Blood

HBO

5

Renewed for a 10 episode 6th season

Veep

HBO

1

Renewed for a 10 episode 2nd season

Bullet in the Face

IFC

1

Portlandia

IFC

3

Todd Margaret

IFC

2

Ended after 2nd season

Army Wives

LIFE

6

Renewed for a 13 episode 7th season

Client List, The

LIFE

1

Renewed for a 15 episode 2nd season

Drop Dead Diva

LIFE

4

Canceled after 4th season

tvbythenumbers.com

Banshee

MAX

1

Hunted

MAX

1

BBC One not moving forward with 2nd season, Cinemax is considering its options.